Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

Nothing is impossible for pure love.

There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

All of us with one voice call one God differently as Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-Hormuzda, Jehova, God and an infinite variety of names.

A perfect mind comes from a perfect heart, not the heart known by a doctor's stethoscope but the heart which is the seat of God.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.

I hold it a blasphemy to say that the Creator resides in a temple from which a particular class of His devotees sharing faith in it are excluded.

It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands.

My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

Imperialism is a negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God.

The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.

He who does not see God in the next person he meets need look no further.

I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.

God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.